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For five days, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) became the meeting point for the international scientific community dedicated to information retrieval, bringing together around 500 experts to discuss search and recommendation models, the integration of language models, and the challenges associated with evaluating and improving the efficiency of these systems. INESC TEC took part in the 48th edition of the European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2026) with a team of researchers presenting several scientific papers and organising a workshop.
13th April 2026
Every year, Port wine producers must decide whether to sell their wine for immediate revenue or store it to age - and, in theory, sell it later at a higher price. To support this decision, INESC TEC has developed a model that seeks to anticipate what may happen over time, considering factors like uncertainty and the interaction between different categories of wine.
13th April 2026
From Brussels to Glasgow, INESC TEC boosted advances in interoperability and portability of models, services, processes and data associated with ocean digital twins. At both the EDITO Digital Ocean Forum and the AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, the outcomes of the Iliad project took centre stage within the ambition to create a digital twin of European seas.
10th April 2026
Portugal and the United States of America (USA) came together to discuss the digital and energy transition, bringing academia, industry, regulatory bodies and policymakers from both countries to a closed-door seminar at Stanford (California). INESC TEC was present, represented by Luís Seca, member of the Board of Directors.
02nd April 2026
INESC TEC is accepting applications for the International Visiting Researcher Programme (IIVRP) - an initiative that gives senior researchers from universities and research organisations outside Portugal the opportunity to join INESC TEC teams for short-term stays. The goal is to accelerate knowledge exchange and build lasting research partnerships.
01st April 2026
Nuno Faria, a researcher at INESC TEC, has joined the board of the Graph Data Council (GDC), a leading international non-profit organisation in the field of graph databases. Faria, who is also a guest lecturer at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, is the only Portuguese member on the GDC board, which includes representatives from companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, and AWS.
31st March 2026
INESC TEC attended the European Robotics Forum (ERF) 2026, Europe’s leading event dedicated to robotics. Held annually, the forum brings together researchers, companies and policymakers from across the continent to share ideas, technologies and opportunities for collaboration. This year’s edition took place in Stavanger, Norway, from 23 to 27 March.
30th March 2026
On 27 March, all roads led to Santarém, more specifically to CNEMA - the National Exhibition Centre for Agriculture - for the Fórum Nacional dos Clubes Ciência Viva na Escola. INESC TEC, as a partner of Ciência Viva, was present to mark the 30th anniversary of the country’s largest network for promoting scientific and technological culture.
30th March 2026
“Criar a Sociedade do Futuro” was the challenge set to more than a hundred high school students who chose INESC TEC to gain first-hand insight into the world of engineering, as part of an initiative that also encouraged them to reflect on their own futures.
30th March 2026
Position Paper on Virtual Worlds Technologies for Defence is INESC TEC’s latest contribution to European public policy. The document, now available, is the result of a series of workshops organised in March 2026 by the Virtual Worlds Association within the scope of the European Partnership for Virtual Worlds – supported by the European Commission. INESC TEC, represented by researcher Fernando Cassola, was among the contributors involved in drafting the paper.
27th March 2026
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Energy Systems, and Systems Engineering and Management; there are new completed PhDs in these domains at INESC TEC. This achievement reinforces the institution’s relationship with academia and the commitment to scientific output, often developed within projects of strategic importance.
27th March 2026
The application of automatic image recognition techniques in garment production (particularly for defect detection) is not new, although it has faced a range of limitations.
27th March 2026